Purcellville: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Purcellville, VA
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Purcellville, VA
- 1,50729.5%Rescue & EMS
- 1,10121.6%Fire
- 88817.4%Good Intent Call
- 87117.1%Hazardous Condition
- 3326.5%Service Call
- 3306.5%False Alarm
- 370.7%Special Incident
- 200.4%Overpressure Rupture
- 160.3%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Purcellville, VA
- 60454.9%Structure Fires
- 33130.1%Outside Fires
- 908.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 766.9%Other
Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 69. The highest number of fire incidents - 110 took place in 2015, and the least - 22 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Purcellville, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Purcellville: | 67.2 |
| Leesburg: | 16.7 |
| Lansdowne: | 0.9 |
| Ashburn: | 31.0 |
| Stone Ridge: | 1.4 |
| Sterling: | 37.0 |
| South Riding: | 2.5 |
| Herndon: | 56.5 |
| Reston: | 15.5 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the Virginia median value.The median response time in Purcellville, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Purcellville: | 9 minutes |
| Leesburg: | 7 minutes |
| Brunswick: | 9 minutes |
| Ashburn: | 6 minutes |
| Berryville: | 11 minutes |
| Sterling: | 6 minutes |
| Jefferson: | 9 minutes |
| Marshall: | 11 minutes |
| Herndon: | 5 minutes |
31.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.4%) on Friday.
According to the 1,101 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during March, and the least (5.3%) in August.
Out of all 5,102 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (29.5%), Fire (21.6%), and Good Intent Call (17.4%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.9%), and Outside Fires (30.1%).